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No More Senior Moments: 5 Quick Memory Boosters

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Cognitive Health, Featured Article, Longevity

“Senior moments” happen to us all at some point. We can’t remember the grocery item we needed… Or the phone number we thought we had memorized… Or the name of a person we just met.

It’s a fact of biology: As we get older, our short-term memory power wanes. There’s decreased blood flow to the brain. Neural growth declines. Memory formation and retrieval deteriorates.… Read More

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Memory Loss: How to Tell if It’s Alzheimer’s

In All Health Watch, Alzheimer's and Memory, Anti-Aging, Cognitive Health, Dementia, Featured Article, Longevity

“Where are my darn car keys…what’s the name of my neighbor’s barking dog…I can’t remember where we’re going to dinner tonight.”

“Could I have early Alzheimer’s disease?”

If you’ve had these thoughts, don’t panic. As we get older, we all experience some memory loss. Neural growth declines and blood flow to the brain decreases. Both impair our memory.

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Top 10 Best Houseplants for Purifying Indoor Air

In All Health Watch, Featured Article, Longevity

The air in your house can be filled with pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that indoor air pollution can be up to eight times worse than outside air pollution:1

  • New carpets, furniture glues, and wet paint release dangerous volatile organic compounds (VOCs). They have been linked to cancer and asthma.
  • Flame retardant carpet padding contains hormone-disrupting chemicals.
  • Common plastic household items release the industrial solvent 1,2-dichlorethane (DCA).
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Study Uncovers Simple Trick to Boost Memory

In All Health Watch, Alzheimer's and Memory, Anti-Aging, Cognitive Health, Featured Article, Longevity, Nootropics and Brain Support

Researchers have discovered an interesting new way to help you remember information.

Scientists wanted to find out if exercise improves memory retention. They showed computer images of common objects to 72 people.1 The subjects were asked to memorize the objects and their positions on the screen.

After viewing the pictures, the participants were broken into three groups. One group did a high-intensity stationary bike workout right after viewing the images.… Read More